“I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way of life in our culture and we grew up with rallies and strikes and marches and boycotts.” WayCultureGrewGrew UpSouthStrikesMarchPerpetualSouth AfricaUprisingBoycott Author:Hugh Masekela
“We were land-based agrarian people from Africa. We were uprooted from Africa, and we spent 200 years developing our culture as black Americans. And then we left the South. We uprooted ourselves and attempted to transplant this culture to the pavements of the industrialized North. And it was a transplant that did not take. I think if we had stayed in the South, we would have been a stronger people. And because the connection between the South of the 20's, 30's and 40's has been broken, it's very difficult to understand who we are.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsHas BeensCultureLeftDifficultBlackLandBrokenConnectionsStrongerSouthDevelopingWho We ArePavementTransplants Author:August Wilson
“As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that included raising the children. But I think its just as important for the father to give the baths, to hug, to change the diapers, to tell the stories.” ThinkingGivingChildrenImportantStoriesCertainCultureFatherGrewDadGrew UpSouthExpectedHugBathsDiapers Author:Clyde Edgerton
“All of my Polynesian counterparts in the NFL with roots in American Samoa understand how the values embedded in our South Pacific culture - community, hard work, perseverance, respect - contribute directly to our success.” HardValuesCultureCommunityHard WorkRootsSouthPerseveranceNflPacificEmbeddedCounterpartsSamoaPolynesians Author:Troy Polamalu
“When you go apartment-hunting in the South, you encounter little old ladies who ask you if you use strong drink. In New York you encounter paranoids who wonder if you will commit suicide--not that they care; what they worry about is blood on their fresh paint, a dubious smell in the hallway, or a hole in the awning as you pass through on your way to the sidewalk. The Southerner who moves to any part of the country has problems, but the culture shock that attacks the Southerner who moves North is almost indescribable.” IfsWayLittlesCountryUseProblemCareMovingCultureAsksStrongWonderWorryBloodNew YorkDrinkSuicideSouthPaintSmellHolesCommitEncountersShockHuntingApartmentOld LadySidewalkDubiousHallwaysIndescribableSouthernerCulture ShockStrong Drink Book:Southern ladies and gentlemen Source: Southern ladies and gentlemen
“Something I notice speaking to writers from south of Hadrians Wall is that the culture is different. At base, I think Scotland values its creative industries differently from England.” ThinkingDifferentValuesCultureCreativeWallIndustryEnglandSouthScotlandHadrianCreative Industries Author:Sara Sheridan
“The developments in the North were those loosely embraced in the term modernization and included urbanization, industrialization,and mechanization. While those changes went forward apace, the antebellum South changed comparatively little, clinging to its rural, agricultural, labor-intensive economy and its traditional folk culture.” LittlesCultureTermEconomyChangedDevelopmentLaborSouthFolksTraditionalClingingIndustrializationModernizationMechanizationUrbanizationAntebellum Author:C. Vann Woodward